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Friday, November 1, 2013

My Top 5 Dodgers' prospects at minor-league every level

In preparation for prospect season, I'm going to rank the Top 5 prospects at every level of the Dodgers' minor-league system.

It won't necessarily reflect a prospect's position on my Top 50 list (as I've yet to complete it), but it should give some sort of idea where I rank these players.

To be eligible, I'm using Baseball America's rules. For hitters, they must average at least one plate appearance per team game. For starting pitchers, they must average at least 1/3 of an inning per team game (no applicable to short-season teams). For relievers, they must have made 20 appearances (10 appearances for short-season leagues).

Here are my top 5 Dodgers' prospects at each level. Player's age-season in parenthesis.

13 comments:

Know what? I think Curletta may have been an omission on my part. I'd slot him in at No. 3 or 4 here. I may be a little too high on Valentin. Glove and plate discipline are there, but the bat isn't yet.

Actually, I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum. I'd put Valentin number one. If he repeated his Ogden slash line over a full season of MLB ABs along with above average but not elite defense, he'd be a 5 WAR player. If he just put up Yunel Escobar's 2013 line of .256/.332/.366 with above average defense, he'd still be a 3-3.5 WAR player (Yunel, with his plus defense, was 3.9). You just can't teach that K/BB ratio, which is what's worrying about Scavuzzo

Ehh...still not sold on scavuzzo. And for a supposed power/ speed guy, it's a bit worrisome to see 3 SB and 5 CS. Also, I think there's a good chance Barlow will breakout next year, a year removed from TJ. I remember hearing reports before the injury that he was sitting 96+ with a wipeout breaking ball. But Valentin is still #1 for me

True, but Scavuzzo just started playing baseball full time last year. As a four sport athlete in high school he is still very raw, it will take a lot of seasoning for him to put all his tools together (specially playing center field and walking). Just looking at how much he improved over one year is very telling to me, but you do have to like Valentins walk rate. With the dodgers current outfield depth and Guerrero signed to man secong base, it will provide a lot of time for Valentin to develope his bat and Scavuzzo to put all his tools together.

"To be eligible, I'm using Baseball America's rules. For hitters, they must average at least one plate appearance per team game. For starting pitchers, they must average at least 1/3 of an inning per team game (no applicable to short-season teams). For relievers, they must have made 20 appearances (10 appearances for short-season leagues)."

It obvious the best talent was at Chattanooga and Great Lakes. Do you know if Kyle Farmer at Ogden is projected to be a major leaguer? I know they're moving him to catcher and he had good stats, even if he was one of the older players.